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Ehime FC
愛媛FC
Full nameEhime Football Club
Short nameEhime
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
StadiumNingineer Stadium
Matsuyama, Ehime
Capacity21,419
ChairmanFumio Kamei
ManagerKiyotaka Ishimaru
LeagueJ2 League
2023J3 League, 1st of 20 (promoted)
Websiteehimefc.com
Current season

Ehime Football Club (愛媛フットボールクラブ, Ehime Futtobōrukurabu) commonly known as Ehime FC (愛媛FC, Ehime Efu Shī) is a professional football club based in Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture of Japan. The club currently compete in J2 League, the second tier of Japanese professional football. They returned to J2 League in 2024, following promotion as third-tier league champions of 2023.

History

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The club was founded in 1970 as Matsuyama Soccer Club and renamed itself as Ehime Football Club in 1995.[1] For many years it competed in the regional and prefectural league, as Matsuyama was represented in the Japan Soccer League by the local club belonging to the Teijin company.

Ehime F.C. was promoted to the Japan Football League in 2003. After winning the JFL in 2005 season, Ehime spent 16 seasons in the J2 League before being relegated to the J3 League at the end of the 2021 season.

On 28 November 2007, Ehime pulled off a major shock by consigning the Urawa Red Diamonds, the AFC Champions League 2007 winners, to a fourth-round exit from the Emperor's Cup courtesy of a 2–0 win on Urawa's home soil, Urawa Komaba Stadium.[2]

On 11 November 2023, after two years absence from Japanese second division, Ehime FC officially returned to J2 League for 2024 season.[3] They were promoted as J3 League champions of 2023 season with a narrow 1–0 win against their local rivals, FC Imabari on the matchweek 35, with Riki Matsuda scored the only goal of the match.[4][5]

Stadium

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The club plays its home games at Ningineer Stadium in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. The stadium, which is owned by Ehime Prefecture, has a capacity of 21,419 spectators. The sports facility is operated and managed by the Ehime Prefectural Sports Promotion Corporation as the designated manager.

Record as J. League member

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J. League
Cup		 Emperor's
Cup
Season Div. Teams Pos. P W D L G A GD Pts Attendance/G
2006 J2 13 9th 48 14 11 23 51 63 -13 53 4,139 Not eligible 4th round
2007 13 10th 48 12 9 27 39 66 -27 45 3,317 Quarter final
2008 15 14th 42 9 10 23 39 66 -27 37 3,704 4th round
2009 18 15th 51 12 11 28 54 80 -26 47 3,694 2nd round
2010 19 11th 36 12 12 12 34 34 0 48 4,386 2nd round
2011 20 15th 38 10 14 14 44 54 -10 44 3,475 4th round
2012 22 16th 42 12 14 16 47 46 1 50 3,629 2nd round
2013 22 17th 42 12 11 19 43 52 -9 47 3,950 2nd round
2014 22 19th 42 12 12 18 54 58 -4 48 3,820 4th round
2015 22 5th 42 19 8 15 47 39 8 65 3,771 3rd round
2016 22 10th 42 12 20 10 41 40 1 56 4,089 3rd round
2017 22 15th 42 14 9 19 54 68 -14 51 3,866 3rd round
2018 22 18th 42 12 12 18 34 52 -18 48 3,161 2nd round
2019 22 19th 42 12 6 24 46 62 -16 42 3,780 2nd round
2020 † 22 21st 42 8 10 24 38 68 -30 34 1,512 Did not qualify
2021 † 22 20th 42 7 14 21 38 67 -29 35 1,854 1st round
2022 J3 18 7th 34 14 10 10 51 41 10 52 2,938 Did not qualify
2023 20 1st 38 21 10 7 59 48 11 73 3,674
2024 J2 20 17th 38 10 10 18 41 69 -28 40 4,721 First round Round of 16
2025 20 TBA 38
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
  • † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J. League Data Site[6]

Honours

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Ehime FC Honours
Honour No. Years
Shikoku Football League 3 1998, 1999, 2000
Japan Football League 1 2005
J3 League 1 2023

Current squad

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As of 15 August 2024.[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Kenta Tokushige
2 DF Japan JPN Ibuki Konno (on loan from Gamba Osaka)
3 DF Japan JPN Ryota Moriwaki
5 DF Japan JPN Takanori Maeno
6 MF Japan JPN Masashi Tanioka
7 MF Japan JPN Yutaka Soneda
8 MF Japan JPN Yuta Fukazawa
9 FW Australia AUS Ben Duncan
10 FW Japan JPN Riki Matsuda
11 FW Japan JPN Yuta Fujihara
13 MF Japan JPN Ryo Kubota
14 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Tanimoto
16 DF Japan JPN Shuma Mihara
17 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Motegi
18 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Kikuchi
19 DF Japan JPN Yusei Ozaki (on loan from Vissel Kobe)
20 DF South Korea KOR Kang Sung-chan
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF South Korea KOR Bak Keon-woo
22 MF Japan JPN Nelson Ishiwatari (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)
23 DF South Korea KOR Yu Ye-chan
24 MF Japan JPN Ryo Sato
25 MF Japan JPN Taiga Ishiura
26 DF Japan JPN Kazuya Kanazawa DSP
27 FW Japan JPN Kyota Funahashi
28 MF Japan JPN Akira Hamashita (on loan from Tokushima Vortis)
33 DF Japan JPN Sora Ogawa
34 DF Japan JPN Yusei Shima Type 2
36 GK Japan JPN Shugo Tsuji
37 DF Japan JPN Reiya Morishita
38 MF Japan JPN Juzo Ura (on loan from Vissel Kobe)
39 MF Japan JPN Hiroshi Muto DSP
40 FW Japan JPN Kazuki Sota
45 GK Japan JPN Kazuma Makiguchi

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Yamaguchi (at Tokushima Vortis)
48 MF Japan JPN Toki Yukutomo (at Famalicão)
No. Pos. Nation Player
49 GK Japan JPN Raihei Kurokawa (at Tiamo Hirakata)

Club officials

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Position[8] Name
Manager Kiyotaka Ishimaru
Assistant managers Shinya Aono
Kazuhisa Kawahara
On Byung-hoon
Goalkeeper coach Keisuke Hada
Physical coach Takehisa Tsugawa
Analytical coach Toya Takemoto
Interpreter Yohei Murayama
Chief trainer Haruhiko Tsukada
Trainer Yukinari Miyamoto
Hiroki Hongo
Chief doctor Kazuki Morizane
Doctor Takashi Inoue
Yoshito Homma
Shinji Iwata
Tomofumi Kinoshita
Competent Hideki Ikenaga
Side affairs Manato Fujitsu
Taichi Zen
Mental advisor Konomi Kimura

Kit evolution

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Home kit - 1st
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Away kit - 2nd
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -

Managerial history

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Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Takashi Onishi  Japan 1 February 2001 31 January 2005
Kazuhito Mochizuki  Japan 1 February 2005 14 September 2009
Ivica Barbarić  Bosnia 15 September 2009 15 November 2012
Kiyotaka Ishimaru  Japan 1 February 2013 31 January 2015
Takashi Kiyama  Japan 1 February 2015 31 January 2017
Shuichi Mase  Japan 1 February 2017 15 May 2018
Kenta Kawai  Japan 15 May 2018 31 January 2021
Shigenari Izumi  Japan 1 February 2021 4 April 2021[9]
Noritada Saneyoshi  Japan 7 April 2021 16 December 2021[10]
Kiyotaka Ishimaru  Japan 17 December 2021 [11]

References

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  1. ^ "Club guide: Ehime FC". J. League. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "Urawa mark Asian award with cup collapse". ESPN soccernet. November 29, 2007. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. ^ "愛媛ＦＣのＪ２昇格が決定【Ｊリーグ】". J. League. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Ehime FC capture J3 League title". J. League. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  5. ^ "MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE · MATCHWEEK 35 - Ehime FC vs FC Imabari". J. League. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  6. ^ "J. League Data Site". J. League. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  7. ^ "トップチーム選手". Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  8. ^ "STAFF" (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Shigenori Izumi, Director, Resigns". ehimefc.com. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Ehime FC New Team Coach". ehimefc.com/. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  11. ^ "石丸 清隆 氏 愛媛FC トップチーム新監督就任のお知らせ". ehimefc.com/.
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